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28 exercises
Barbell Bent-Over Row
Heavy horizontal row for mid-back thickness.
Chest-Supported Row
Removes lower-back stress from the row.
Chin-Up
Supinated pull-up that also hammers the biceps.
Conventional Deadlift
Full-body pull that builds posterior-chain strength.
Inverted Row
Horizontal bodyweight row, scalable by foot position.
Lat Pulldown
Machine alternative to pull-ups for lat development.
Meadows Row
Landmine row with a huge stretch on the lats.
One-Arm Dumbbell Row
Unilateral row that trains each lat independently.
Pull-Up
Vertical pull for lat width and upper-back strength.
Rack Pull
Partial deadlift that overloads the upper back.
Seated Cable Row
Chest-supported-feel row with constant cable tension.
Single-Arm Cable Row
Allows rotation and a long lat stretch.
Straight-Arm Pulldown
Lat isolation with almost no biceps involvement.
Superman
Floor back extension for the upper back.
T-Bar Row
Chest-over-bar row that is easy to overload.
Cable Face Pull
SecondaryRear-delt and upper-back health builder.
Dead Hang
SecondaryIsometric grip endurance on a pull-up bar.
Dumbbell Pullover
SecondaryStretches the pecs and lats over the ribcage.
Good Morning
SecondaryBarbell hip hinge with the bar on the back.
Kettlebell Swing
SecondaryExplosive hinge (works with a dumbbell too).
Rear Delt Fly
SecondaryHinged fly that builds the rear delts.
Reverse Hyperextension
SecondaryRaises the legs behind you to train the posterior chain.
Reverse Pec Deck
SecondaryMachine rear-delt fly with a fixed path.
Romanian Deadlift
SecondaryHip hinge that stretches and loads the hamstrings.
Stiff-Leg Deadlift
SecondaryStraighter-leg hinge for a bigger hamstring stretch.
Sumo Deadlift
SecondaryWide-stance deadlift that loads the glutes hard.
Towel Pull-Up
SecondaryPull-up on towels for crushing grip strength.
Underhand Inverted Row
SecondaryPalms-up row under a table or bar, biased toward the biceps.